...igUK has it in store... I already ordered it with also Chtulhu one's...

;-)

You can confirm this? Lords of Winter in stock and currently shipping? Seems very strange that there has been no announcements. Also, I was beginning to assume that they would just wait until the current chapter pack cycle ended. You know what they say about assumptions. I don't understand how it got to the UK first though...hmmm, strange.

I'll wait until I hear something from FFG before I totally believe it's "out."

I know that at the moment cards are also printed in Germany (only for europe?) so this explain delivery time lesser for Europe than UK.

Anyway also other online UK stores (Gamelore for example) has it in stock.

I confirm also that My copy of LOW has already been shipped.

On Edge spanish site the Spanish release has been set to 28 may.

I was surprised too when a friend of mine today called me about this...

I can confirm it is out as I have my copy here.

Fai said:

Umm, spoilers?

I wonder why release it in Europe but not in the States? Was it simply a printing issue: the printing company in Europe got to the job faster, so the game shipped faster? Ultimately FFG controls the street date of their product, so a conscious decision must have been made to release it there. I wish they had made the release across the board (or sea). It would have made Lords of Winter legal for Kublacon Regional CHampionships next weekend, which really would have shook things up...oh well.

With the set out in Europe, I have to assume it's right around the corner for the US. That could mean the late season Regionals here in the states will have a very interesting card pool to pull from.

on a French site one guy had already its own copy. He said 50% of cards more or less are new and others reprint.

All cards are Stark or neutral. Only one card is dual Stark/Grey but it seems a location (like streets).

One plot reprinted spoiled (for the others he said he would break surprise for its friends :-)

Spanish guys had always cards before because they should have printers "near home". As I understood european sellers get complained a little bit cause USA stores online had cards weeks before european ones so lots of people bought overseas. Now they should have met an agreement to print cards in Germany to balance this thing.

This is not official but I think I can trust on this news cause LoW is the first product we have "in english" before USA

Spoilers could take a while to post, but here goes with the attachments. Quite a few have already been spoiled:

Attachments:
(2) * Crown of Winter
Stark unique character only
Attached character gets +2 STR and is immune to opponent's events and character abilities.
If the black raven card is not in play, it is winter.

(1) * Grey Wind
Stark character only
Any phase: Kneel Grey Wind to choose and kill 1 character with STR 1 or lower. (STR 2 or lower
if attached character is Robb Stark.)

(1) * Shaggydog
Stark character only
After you win a challenge in which attached character participated, stand Shaggydog.
Challenges: Kneel a Direwolf card to choose 1 attacking character. Until the end of the phase, that
character gets -2 STR.

(1) Frozen Solid
House Stark only
Attach to a non-limited location or attachment.
Treat attached card as though its printed text box were blank.

(0) Bowl of Brown
Attached character cannot trigger its abilities and cannot kneel to pay for effects.

The Stark/Grey card is the standard Sea location as the set includes the standard cost reducers and Street of Steel.

Plots:
3-3-1 Marched to the Wall
When revealed, each player chooses and discards 1 of his or her characters from play (cannot be saved).

4-0-1 Fortified Position
Treat all characters in play as though their printed text boxes were blank (except for Traits). Limit 1 per plot deck.

4-2-1 Calm Before the Storm
Characters and locations are immune to events this round.

5-11-1 Take Them by Surprise
If you lose initiative, discard your hand.

2-6-1 Storm of Swords
You may initiate an additional Millitary challenge during the challenges phase.

4-3-1 Family, Duty, Honor
When revealed, search the top 5 cards of your deack for any number of House Tully cards, reveal them, and
add them to your hand. Then, shuffle the other searched cards back into your deck.

2-2-2 Respect of the Old Gods
House Stark only.
Lower the cost of the first Stark character you play during the marshalling phase by 2.

Fai said:

Sorry to bother you but Stark sea is dual Baratheon (Narrow Sea). Is this a new Sea? Or the Grey Lanni one???

Wow - those are some GREAT Plot reprints. Marched was sorely, sorely missed in the envrionment, Take by Surprise is one of my all time favorite high gold.high initative Plot and Fortified Position will be amazing in this environment. The depth in Plot selection is really coming back with a nice mix of old and new. Gods - this game is in a great palce at the moment.

It is Narrow Sea, Baratheon/Stark now I look at it! Not sure what Greyjoy card people are talking about then.

Events:
Routing the Charge
House Stark only.
Response: After you win a challenge as the defender, choose a kill 1 attacking character (cannot be saved).

They Shall Not Cross
House Stark only.
Response: Save a location from being discarded. Then attach They Shall Not Cross to a Stark character
(counts as a Boon attachment with the text "Attached character gets +2 STR.")

Wolf Dreams
Marshalling: Search your deck for 1 Direwolf card, reveal it and add it to your hand.Then, shuffle your deck.

Fear Cuts Deeper than Swords
Response: Cancel the effects of an event card just played if one of your Stark characters is chosen as the only target.

"Infinite" Endless Endurance
Challenges: Choose 1 of your participating Stark characters to get +2 STR until the end of the challenge.
Response: After you win a Military challenge by 4 or more total STR, return Endless Endurance from your discard pile
to your hand.

At Night They Howl
Any Phase: Stand all Creature cards in play.

Nightmares
Any Phase: Choose 1 character or 1 location. until the end of the phase, treat the printed text box of that character or location
as though it were blank.

Die by the Sword
Response: After you win a Military challenge in which you have at least 1 participating War character, choose and kill 1 character
controlled by the losing opponent. Limit 1 per challenge.

Agenda:
The Siege of Winterfell
Already spoiled!

Treaty with the North
Treaty. Ignore the out of House gold penalty on all Stark cards.
Each opponent needs 5 fewer power (to a minimum of 10) to win the game.

Locations:
Standard Stark cost reducers

(3) Training Grounds - Neutral
Westeros.
Your Army characters do not kneel to attack during Military challenges.

(4) * Winterfell - Stark
Westeros.
No attachments.
Response: After you win a challenge as the defender, claim 1 power for your House. (2 power
instead if it was a Military challenge.)

(2) * Riverrun - Stark
Westeros. House Tully.
No attachments.
At the end of the challenge phase, if you have not lost a challenge this round, each House Tully character
you control claims 1 power.

(2) Mole Town Brothel - Stark
The North.
Discard Mole Town Brother from play any time there are more Wildling characters than Night's Watch characters
in play.
Any Phase: Kneel 1 influence to choose and stand 1 defending character.

(2) Frozen Outpost - Stark
Winterfell. Stronghold.
Challenges: Kneel Frozen Outpost to choose and stand 1 defending character. Until the end of the challenge, that
character gets +2 STR (+4 STR instead if it is a War character).

(1) * Wolfswood - Stark
Winterfell.
Direwolf characters you control gain stealth.

(2) * Riverrun - Stark
Westeros. House Tully.
No attachments.
At the end of the challenge phase, if you have not lost a challenge this round, each House Tully character
you control claims 1 power.

$#@! @#$%% ## @%^ %^ %$# @! @@@!$% ^** ^%$@@%R% @!#$$#$@#$ %##$#@!#$ $%@@#$%@ $E%$%

Sorry forgive my crude language. But ... yeah I just got my coworkers glaring at me.

awesome... and now I'm pressing f5 continuosly for char ;-)

Great cards, even before seeing the characters! Frozen Outpost returning is awesome.

bloodycelt said:

QFT!! WTF!! Are you kidding me?

Here are the first few characters, they are taking time to type up as almost every card as some kind of effect. After typing up

Bran Stark I thought I should post these few so that people have time to recover from the shock!

Characters:
(1) * Jojen Reed - Stark
1 STR I P Lord. House Reed.
Marshalling: Kneel Jojen Reed and kneel 1 influence to name a card. Then, discard the top 3 cards of a player's deck.
For each copy of the named card discarded, Jojen Reed claims 1 power.

(4) * Eddard Stark - Stark
3 STR M P Lord
Renown
While Eddard Stark is defending, lower the attacking player's claim to 0.
(Noble)

(3) * Catelyn Stark - Stark
3 STR I P Lady. House Tully.
House Stark only.
Challenges: Put Catelyn Stark into play from your hand, knelt as a defender during an Int or Pow challenge initiated against
you. At the end of the phase, if Catelyn Stark is still in play, return her to your hand.
(Noble)

(4) * Robb Stark - Stark
Already spoiled.

(3) * Summer - Stark
3 STR M Creature. Direwolf.
No attachments. Deadly.
If you control Bran Stark, he gains : "cannot be chosen as the target of an opponent's event card."
If Bran Stark is in play, lower the cost to play Summer by 2.

(2) * Bran Stark - Stark
2 STR P Lord.
House Stark only. No attachments except Direwolf.
After you lose an Int challenge, kill Bran Stark (cannot be saved).
Response: After you win an Int challenge as the defender, Bran Stark claims 5 power.

Eddard, Cately,Bran.... this is not reality... it is christmas :-)

Fai said:

i don't get it....bara's not allowed to get rush cards, but 3 other houses now are? Please find a direction for baratheon and quickly.

nasty rush deck with riverrun, bran on turn you need to close, blackfish, sprinkle in some tully's......frozen solid shuts down 'attachment control' of blackfish, 800 (hyperbole) ways to protect blackfish now, he draws, stark searches..............gross.

*blink*

5 POWER??? Oh My God

And that is hands down the best Eddard ever.. This is the kind fo card that sued to drive the odl game - a jaw dropping, stunning card. Stark is going to eb SO popular this summer its going to feel like winter.

I think its more tech involved in forcing you to expend a LOT of resources to win against them... and driving the clock since if you don't they win by just sitting there.

Stag... isnt that IAF eddard with a noble crest. I thought veddard was the best eddard.